*...that the [[UK]] '''[[National Industrial Relations Court]]''' was controversial throughout its short life from 1971 to 1974, and was abolished soon after the [[Labour party|Labour]] government of [[Harold Wilson]] came to power?
*...that the [[UK]] '''[[National Industrial Relations Court]]''' was controversial throughout its short life from 1971 to 1974, and was abolished soon after the [[Labour party|Labour]] government of [[Harold Wilson]] came to power?
*...that the '''[[Summer Garden]]''' in [[St Petersburg]] contains a hundred [[Venetian]] [[marble]] [[statue]]s that are 300 years old? [[Image:Summer Garden.jpg|left|100px]]
*...that the '''[[Summer Garden]]''' in [[St Petersburg]] contains a hundred [[Venetian]] [[marble]] [[statue]]s that are 300 years old? [[Image:Summer Garden (Zubov).jpg|left|100px]]
*...that the '''[[Park Ujazdowski]]''', founded in [[1893]] by [[Sokrates Starynkiewicz]], features the second bridge in the world built of [[reinforced concrete]]?
*...that the '''[[Park Ujazdowski]]''', founded in [[1893]] by [[Sokrates Starynkiewicz]], features the second bridge in the world built of [[reinforced concrete]]?
*...that [[Soviet]] fighter pilot '''[[Mikhail Devyataev]]''' and nine other [[POW]]s took over a [[Germany|German]] [[Heinkel He 111|He 111 H22]] bomber and escaped from the [[concentration camp]] on [[Usedom]] island?
*...that [[Soviet]] fighter pilot '''[[Mikhail Devyataev]]''' and nine other [[POW]]s took over a [[Germany|German]] [[Heinkel He 111|He 111 H22]] bomber and escaped from the [[concentration camp]] on [[Usedom]] island?
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...that the word "Indonesia" was first used in print by Sam Ratulangi, a high school science teacher who briefly held the post of Governor of Sulawesi and was posthumously awarded the title of National Independence Hero?
...that the longest of the Kiev bridges, the 1,543 metres long Paton Bridge over the Dnieper River, constructed in 1953 was the first fully welded steel construction of such length at that time?
...that the text on Nestor's Cup, one of the oldest known inscriptions in the Greek alphabet (c.740 BCE), is believed to be the result of a humorous drinking-party game?
...that the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat has the power to amend written copies of speeches made by members of the house before they are given verbally?
...that the Iberian Gate and Chapel in Moscow were destroyed on behest of Stalin in order to make room for heavy armored vehicles driving through Red Square during military parades?
...that basketball player Mike Gansey is the only men's player in NCAADivision I shorter than 6 ft. 5 in. to figure in USA's top 50 in field-goal percentage for the 2005-06 season?
...that Vera Kholodnaya, the first Russiansilent film star, was rumoured to have been poisoned by the French Ambassador with whom she reportedly had an affair and who believed that she was a spy for the Bolsheviks?
...that two out of three most notable monuments by Edward Wittig were destroyed during the World War II, while the third one was not erected until 2001, 60 years after Wittig's death?
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